Gov. H. Guy Kump House

Gov. H. Guy Kump House is a historic home located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was designed by noted Washington, D.C.-architect Clarence L. Harding and built in 1924–1925, as a home for West Virginia Governor Herman G. Kump (1877–1962) and his wife Edna Hall Scott Kump (1887–1957). It is a 2 1/2-story, 42 foot square, red brick dwelling with a steeply pitched, slate covered gable roof. The front facade features a shallow Doric order entrance portico and it has a porte cochere and sun porch. The house is in a Neo-Federal Revival style with Neo-Georgian Revival elements.[2] In 2008, the house was willed to the city of Elkins.[3]

Gov. H. Guy Kump House
Looking east from US 219, July 2014
LocationUS 33 and 250, Elkins, West Virginia
Coordinates38°55′4″N 79°50′33″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1924
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival, Neo-Federal Revival
NRHP reference No.04000319[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Rodney S. Collins and Michael J. Pauley (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gov. H. Guy Kump House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. Gaynor, Anthony (2008-04-23). "Kump House Willed To the City of Elkins". The Inter-Mountain. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-18.


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